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THE CHILDREN'S EMPLOYMENT1 COMMISSION.TIDINGS FOE THE TEADES1THE LUCIFER-MATCHMAKERS.BY KDWIN CHADWICK, C.B*f flIHE condition of 2,650 persons, of whom 1,800 are children*- and young persons employed in making lucifer-matohesf lias been completely investigated by the commissioners. This occupation may be cited as an example of a low moral and socialS A * • 4condition of society, in which the horrible sufferings and thesacrifice of lives are witnessed and permitted to go on year after yearwithout any care for thorn or efforts to retrieve them.* ♦This occupation dates from the year 1838, when the discovery was mad© a mode of applying phosphorus to the match itself. The mantx-facturo has spread in England from London to Manchester, Bif-, * • *mingham, Liverpool, Bristol, Norwich, Newcastle, Glasgow, andsome other places.. * •As the manufacture proceeded, in the great majority of instances, in ill-ventilated, ilhcloansed places of work, without any precautions for the cleanliness and preservation ef
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Penny Newsman
London, Middlesex, GB
Sun, Aug 16, 1863
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